Just when Mo Zhai was debating in all directions in the academy and sweeping the academy, Mo Zhai also came to Huai Palace.
Wang Pu really wanted to meet this great sage who came from a lower class background, so after Mo Zhai came to Jinling, he went to the palace gate to greet him personally and invited him into the palace.
"Love without aggression, be frugal with burial, this is the way of the sages. I only heard it, and it was shocking to my ears."
Mozi said: "The Huai Kingdom has been inherited for more than 400 years, and I have never heard of rebellions among the public servants. It is not as good as other states in the Zhou Dynasty. In my opinion, the Huai State has achieved universal love. At the same time, the public servants of the Huai State sit on top of all the people." , but the frugality used and the lack of lavish burial are breathtaking."
"If all the countries in the world were like the Huai Kingdom, the people would be able to live and work in peace and contentment."
Wang Pu respected Mozi very much. In his opinion, the moral character of these Mozi people was very great. It’s just that the world he expected might not be possible even in thousands of years.
Wang Pu shook his head and said: "Mozi, it is almost impossible for you to make other princes like Huai."
"It is almost impossible to achieve peace among countries. You want to stabilize the world through non-offensive methods, which I am not optimistic about."
"Everyone has selfish motives, let alone a country?"
"It's like a war between two countries. How do you stop it?"
"The Mohists have all kinds of weapons to defend the city. If the enemy comes to attack, they will find that they will suffer heavy casualties but cannot break the city. At this time, the monarch will have to consider whether it is worth continuing to fight. If what is gained is less than what is paid, , I think this war will stop." Mozi said.
Wang Puyao shook his head and said: "Mozi, what you said is correct, but how many wars do you think you can prevent? Countries in the world are annexing each other and increasing their strength, because they understand that if they do not become stronger, they will be defeated by stronger ones. Eat it."
"As long as the country still exists, this kind of war is almost inevitable."
"You might be able to prevent one or two wars, but that would just postpone the war, not solve it."
"You want to stop the war, love each other but not attack. With all due respect, as long as there are different countries in this world, the war will not end."
Wang Pu said seriously.
Mo Zhai shook his head slightly and said: "Although it is impossible to achieve it in this life, this is not the reason why I gave up my pursuit. Confucius pursued world unity back then, but he did not see it until his death. Did he change his pursuit?"
"When everyone in this world no longer believes in these good things and no longer pursues these good things, how terrible will it be?"
After Wang Pu heard this, he was silent for a while and then said: "You are a true sage. Although I am the lord of Huai Kingdom, I am also an ordinary man, and I want to change your way."
"I am not a sage, just a seeker." Mozi shook his head.
"Mozi, the Mohist school you founded is not liked by the princes, or even by those in power. The path of the Mohist school will be difficult in the future, and it may even disappear." Wang Pu sighed.
Almost all rulers want to make the people obedient and allow them to be oppressed and driven without resistance. Mozi's idea is to unite the people, help each other, and resist oppression. In this way, how can those in power possibly Do you like Mohism?
Mo Zhai said with a smile: "The people of the Mohist family may die or die, but the thoughts and spirit of the Mohist family will not die. Even the Mohist classics and culture will be passed down."
Wang Pu said with a smile: "Then please keep your thoughts, doctrines, and books. The Huai Congress will preserve them and spread them."
After Mo Zhai met Wang Pu, he came to the storage room of Huai State, where a large number of classic knowledge was recorded. Mo Zhai also began to read carefully in the storage room, constantly improving the Mohist doctrines and theories.
Mohist theory attaches great importance to logical reasoning, but it also has a weakness, that is, Minggui. Wang Pu asked about this when communicating with Mozi, and then he figured it out. Mozi firmly believed in the existence of ghosts and gods because he believed that they would reward good deeds and punish violence for human monarchs or nobles.
This is when people want to do evil and worry about being punished by ghosts and gods, so as to persuade people to do evil.
good.
The debate between Confucianism and Mohism continued. After being caught off guard by Mohism, Confucianism began to seriously study Mohism's ideas. In the following debate, although it was still at a disadvantage, it was not completely defeated again.
At the same time, Huai State also began to recruit a large number of Mohist children into Huai State. The children of the Mohist family have a chivalrous spirit, which makes them very suitable for serving as inspection censors.
At the same time, the Mohists were extremely proficient in the art of mechanism, and their craftsmanship was astonishing.
Huai State invited a large number of skilled craftsmen from the Mohist family, which allowed Huai State's technology to rapidly improve again. The Mohists were very strong in the application of water conservancy. With the help of Mohist skilled craftsmen, a large number of water conservancy workshops appeared in Huai State.
At the same time, the arrival of the Mohists also brought the forging of iron tools to a further step.
The progress of iron forging not only promoted the development of agriculture, industry and commerce, but also allowed the Huai Kingdom's weapons and armor to begin to be updated.
After iron forging became more mature, Huai State began to forge weapons and armor. The Huai State developed the sword based on Wu Gou's forging technology. Compared with the long sword, the sword had greater advantages in cutting. The Huai State forged a straight sword based on the books left by Zi Jue.
Compared with bronze swords, fixed swords have more obvious advantages.
As for iron armor, it was even more powerful. In the past, a piece of bronze armor was incredibly heavy, extremely valuable, and difficult to mass-produce. But after the emergence of iron tools, people discovered that the armor made of iron tools was much stronger than bronze armor.
Iron armor was superior to bronze armor in terms of defense, portability, and price. Huai's rattan armor army also began to change their armor.
The Tengjia Army did not give up the Tengjia, but adopted the method of wrapping the Tengjia. The rattan armor is inherently light, with a layer of iron scales wrapped around the outside of the rattan armor. Not only is it lightweight, but it is also very protective.
Wang Pu made a large number of Mohist disciples serve as officials and used the power of the Mohist family to rectify the court. Each of these Mohist scholars was a person who could not be rubbed in their eyes. For a time, the government of Huai State was very clean and the operation speed was also improved a lot.
In addition to these changes, Huaiguo's promotion of agriculture and handicrafts is also obvious. Improvements in looms allowed for faster production of cloth, and improvements in farming techniques allowed greater yields of food.
At the same time, various Mohist theories were also gathering together little by little. After Mo Zhai read a lot of books, he had a clearer understanding of his own way.
In Wang Pu's view, even if the Mohist ideology was not accepted by the princes, its exquisite instruments were what the princes pursued.
